Les configurations de contrôle dans les relations client-fournisseur – Environnement, organisation du client, finalités et modalités du contrôle

This article presents the results of a study on buyer-supplier control in the manufacturing industry based on six case studies. Four buyer-supplier control configurations are proposed in a matrix according to the reciprocal dependence between the buyer and its suppliers. For each configuration, a purchasing organisation (in terms of structure and intra-organisational control of purchasing agents) and a control of the buyer on its suppliers are proposed (in terms of principal purpose and modes of control that stem from it).